Others, like the Capital Fringe Festival in Washington,D.C., are relatively new.

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Julianne Brienza says the fringe festival will never be mainstream.

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of the official festival. In nineteen fifty-eight, the performers formed a Fringe Society to organize their event and provide tickets and programs.

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The central aim of the Festival Fringe Society was not to have a selection process deciding who could or could not take part.

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Every year,more and more artists came to town during this festival to perform outside,or on the "fringe,"

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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is open to anyone who wants to perform.

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